“A cultural space on campus goes beyond basic compliance and more adequately promotes equal opportunity. It would acknowledge disabled students as a strong sociocultural identity group as opposed to a constituency that needs “fixing.” Shame, isolation, and presumed incompetence loom over disabled students when the institution neglects to recognize their importance and place in our campus community.”
Excerpt from student and community advocacy letter, January 2018
If you are interested in learning more about disability culture, community, and how to create an anti-ablest environment, visit the below campus partners and community resources:
UC Berkeley Disability Lab- AKA RadMad Lab at Cal
https://disabilitylab.berkeley.edu/
Disability Studies at Berkeley
https://disability-studies.ugis.berkeley.edu/
Disabled Students’ Program (DSP)
Disability Access & Compliance at Berkeley
Special Feature: An Introduction to Disability Cultural Centers in U.S. Higher Education
How the DCC Came to Being: Ep 98 of the Disability Visibility Project
https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2021/03/07/ep-98-disabled-students
Ableism
intentional or unintentional discrimination, bias, and/or prejudice against disabled people which can be reflected systemically through policies, structures, practices, procedures, and environmental factors that deny disabled folks access to services, activities, and programs